Hi Adventurers
Well here we are, it's been a long ride but the Jurassic era is now over (supposedly).
Starting with 1993's Jurassic Park and it's two sequels, then continuing with the Jurassic World trilogy, the franchise is finally over.
When Jurassic Park first came out, it was glorious to see at the cinema with then state of the art CGI, which holds up better than most films today. It will always remain a classic.
The sequels as expected, couldn't hold up to it. Mainly because the initial magic of seeing a dinosaur on screen for the first time had gone. They weren't stinkers though. Both Jurassic Park 2 and 3 had their moments.
Yet the franchise seemed over.
Fourteen years later in 2015 a bigger sequel series came out with Jurassic World, which showed that a park was eventually opened. That is my favourite of the franchise as it had improved graphics and action sequences. Plus an even bigger, badder dinosaur. It was a refreshing take on the original with a solid cast.
Then Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom came out, which I think was a misstep. Especially as it destroys the island and most of the dinosaurs. What is left end up on mainland America and out into the wild.
Now this is what annoys me about Jurassic World Dominion. At the end of Fallen Kingdom the dinosaurs escape to the wild, yet there doesn't seem to be many of them. Maybe a couple of hundred at most.
Dominion opens up and now there's loads of them all over the world! Only 4 years has past so they couldn't reproduce that quick?
Anyway the film focuses on genetic locusts which are huge, eating all the corn and food supply. They are created using dinosaur DNA by the bad guy of the film Dr Lewis Dodgson, who is a wet lettuce and in charge of Biosyn Genetics. The company is also using dinosaurs and their DNA to look at cures for diseases. The locusts don't eat any Biosyn crops though.
The film has an over convoluted plot and the first hour is set up of the world and bringing the characters of World and the original Park into play.
It is good seeing Dr Ellie (Laura Dern), Dr Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Dr Grant (Sam Neill) back on screen and they have aged well. It is also good seeing them interact with new cast Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Byrce Dallas Howard), who are trying to protect the clone girl from Fallen Kingdom.
Sadly the old and new cast don't interact soon enough and only together for the final third of the movie. Similar to the recent Spiderman - No Way Home film.
Overall - a good film with great effects and cast, let down by an over convoluted plot which sees locusts more terrifying than dinosaurs like the T-Rex. They didn't need that plot and could have simplified it so they had more screen time together. The newer characters introduced didn't need to be in it much either.
With some good action sequences and some horror jump scares it is a decent watch and entry to the franchise. Yet I don't see it as a definite final film as dinosaurs still roam the world and character arcs aren't completed. It may be me just being fussy. I think if it makes big profit we'll see a new entry or trilogy down the road. Maybe Jurassic Galaxy or Planet where they are wiping humanity out and it's an apocalyptic setting.
A nod to the original Jurassic Park film was good. The cream cannister the bad guy used in the film to steal embryos in, which is why the film happens, is in this film. The film bad guy Dr Dodgson has it. Which begs the question why hasn't he made new dinosaurs before?
Anyway not the best of the franchise and not the worse. Probably in the middle.
Bels Score - 8/10
My Score - 7.5/10
Blog soon folks.
Neil
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